Lecture 4: The Etruscan Necropolis of Cerveteri
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A. Agylla- 30,000 in the sixth century B.C.
1. Tolfa Mountains, Lake Bracciano
2. Tufa plain four miles from sea with two torrents
3. Pyrgi, Alsium, Punicum
4. Sorbo Necropolis southwest of town
B.The Regolini-Galassi Tomb
1. 1. 650 B.C.- rebordered 6th century B.C.
2. 5 tombs added to original
3. Dromos
4. Camera
5. Sigillum
6. Tamburo- crepis, torus, listellum
7. Alae- right ala with man in bronze biconic urn, left with burned biga
8. Corbel
9. Antechamber- bronze bed of noble warrior, chariots, shields
10. Cella with Larthia
11. Fibula
12. Filigree and Granulation
13. Gold Pectoral- compare with Moses, Exodus 29 and Assyrians
14. Bucchero
C. Banditaccia Necropolis- Tomb of the Capanna - shaped like an early Etruscan house